Blanket for lithographic and other presses.



No. 839,214. PATENTED DEO. 25, 1906.

T. 0; SHEBHANL BLANKET FOR LITHOGRAPHIG AND OTHER PRESSES. APPLICATION FILED MAR.17, 1906.

A TTOIIIIEY' UNITED STATES PATEN OFFICE. HO AS C. SHEEHAN, OF NEWYoRk'N. 'Y., ASSIGNOR To THE TRINITY PRESS COMPANY, A CORPORATION or NEWroRK.

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To all whom it may concern: I I v Be it knownthat I, THOMAS C. SHEEHAN, a

I citizen of the United States of America, re-

siding at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful 'Im rovements in Blankets. for Lithographic an other Presses, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilled II]. the ..art to which it appertains to make and use the 'SBJIIIGP medium, and which when so used will not ride, wrinkle, or warp-in the operation of said tion.

press.

, 'My invention is'fully described in the 01- lowingspecification, of which the accompanying drawingls form a part, inwhich the se arate parts t ereof are indicated by suitab e reference characters in each of theviews, and in which Figure 1 is an edge view of a blanket of theclass described, partiall in section; and Fig. 2 is a plan view thereo also partially see- In the drawin s formin .part of this specification I have s own a b anket a, composed of rubber or other similar resilient material, which is ada tedto be wrapped about the cylinder of a ithographic or other press, and

in the formation of my blanket I rovide an interlacin b, of wire-cloth, expan ed metal,

perforate metal, or other flexible non-ten- Speciflcation of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 17,1906. Serial No. 306.642.

, BLANKET on LITHOGRAPHIO AND OTHER PRESSES.

mm Dec. 25, 1906.

sile material and this metal is preferably embedded in the blanket a, as clearly shown in the drawings; but the said blanket may be formed thereon in any desired manner;

In placing blankets of this type upon the cylinders of presses various kinds and classes of hooks and clamps are "em loyed, and it will be obvious that I may a apt the metal strengthener b of my blanket to suit any reuirements; but in the drawings I ave s own the said metal forming-loops c, by means of which the said blanket may be 'secured; but this forms .no'part of my invention, the basis thereof being the connection with a rubber or other flexible blanket for lithographic presses of a non-stretching flexible-metal formation, and various chan es in and modifications of the construction s own 1 and described may be made to accom lish the desired results without departing from the spirit of this invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what I'cla1m as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

', A blanket for lithographic and other presses, comprising a r her or other resillent body, a wire'passed across said vbody from side to side atintervals and a supplemental wire assed across said body from end to end at intervals, the turns ofsaid lastnamed wire extending beyondsaid body and n forming attaching-loops. I

In testimon that I claim the foregoing as my invention have signed my name, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 15th day of March, 1906. x

THOMAS C. SHEEHAN.

-Witnesses:

' LILIAN (hour,

0. D. BARNHART. 

